Windmills and Canals in the Country
I had dreamed of us riding our bikes through green countryside’s dotted with windmills and along canals and waterways decorated with flowers and picturesque houseboats. …
12 Oct
Conference Sunday in Ghent
Conference Sunday in Ghent
Conference Sunday is always one of my favorites and it was unusual to not enjoy our traditional conference rituals as conference wouldn’t …
10 Oct
From Flanders Fields to Dunkirk
From Flanders Fields to Dunkirk
As early as we could manage to drag ourselves out of our amazing beds and pull ourselves away from the free lounge breakfast we set …
06 Oct
Country or City?
Country or City?
The beautiful countryside of the Netherlands called to us as did the art and history of the capitol city of Amsterdam. Torn, we aggressively divided …
04 Oct
City Day
City Day
Today we slept in to try to compensate for yesterday and then drove into Amsterdam and wandered all through the beautiful canals and bridges. What …
03 Oct
The Netherlands
The Netherlands
An airline debacle of epic proportions in July (Norwegian Air has become “he who shall not be named” at our house) ended with us having …
30 Sep
Missions
Missions
President Wilford Woodruff had a vision one night in which the Spirits of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence, appeared to him in the …
14 Sep
Enjoy the Climb
Enjoy the Climb
We have “cannon-balled” into the river of academic and extracurricular life with gusto and have found the current to be powerful. So powerful that this …
30 Aug
Hole in My Heart
Hole in My Heart
August 29, 2018 Sixteen years ago, while living in our tiny little poolhouse, we had a “missionary” family home evening for Taylor. Dressed in a suit …
20 Apr
Arizona Adventures
Arizona Adventures
“I know he lives. I know he lives. I know HE LIVES,” we sang out with our heart and soul alongside 500 of our new …
24 Mar
Travel School
Travel School
We were asked multiple times on our trip why the kids were out of school and what we were doing for their education. There were no formal …
17 Mar
A Sad Farewell
A Sad Farewell
Oh how we don’t want to leave!!! Darts on the patio- Airplane bag for Lily- We squeezed in one last kayak at the lake house. Then we fit in …
16 Mar
Hot Springs
Hot Springs
After a relaxed morning where we worked out, enjoyed our Kiwi granola and caught up on a little work (the reality that we are coming …
15 Mar
Hobbiton
Hobbiton
The boys woke up with the sun to get one last Raglan surf session in before we had to leave our beach house. I have …
14 Mar
Endless Summer
Endless Summer
Raglan is a surf town with a relaxed and friendly vibe. Even though the surf conditions were sub par during our short stay we still …
13 Mar
Raglan
Raglan
Everyone is a little tired (we have been moving fast) and a little depressed that our trip is fading so quickly. 6 weeks sounded like …
12 Mar
Rainy Day Caving
Rainy Day Caving
One bummer about this trip is that continue to leave areas before we fully explore them! We need to find a way to slow down our pace! Today …
11 Mar
Ocean Front Golf
Ocean Front Golf
The consequence of our spending all morning enjoying our rural farmhouse was that we had to chose between taking the surf highway to New Plymouth …
10 Mar
Farewell to the South
Farewell to the South
Drive Day- What a bummer to leave Abel Tasman and the Golden Bay on a perfect sunshiney windless day!! What a travesty! Unfortunately we had a long drive …
08 Mar
Golden Bay Adventure
Golden Bay Adventure
Golden Bay Adventure- I think you could spend a month in Golden Bay. It is beautiful, mellow and full of hidden secrets. Today we attempted a …